Packing-case



L. W. HUGHES.

PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s. 1920.

Patented July 6, 1920.

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Lfw. HUGHES.

PACKING CASE. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 6, 1920;

Patented July 6 2 SHEETS-S 1920. HEET 2.

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LIONEL WORSLEY HUG-HES, OF PORT SAID, EGYPT.

PAGKING-CAFSE.

Application filed February 6, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LIONEL lVoRsLnY HUoHEs, a subject of the King of England, residing at Port Said, Egypt, whose postoifice address is Port Said Egypt, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packing cases of the kind having metallic strengthening bands secured to the body longitudinally or transversely or both.

The object of the present invention is to provide a packing case of the indicated kind with means for securely fastening it in such a manner as to allow of easy and ready access to the interior and so that the case is adapted to be used over and over again in the transportation of goods.

According to this invention the metallic strengthening bands are secured to the bottom and to the sides and ends to just above the upper edges thereof. To the upper ends of the strengthening bands metallic fastening strips are hinged each strip terminating in an apertured disk or plate all of which disks or plates meet and overlap on the lid and register with a threaded rod on the lid the overlapping fastening strips being then secured and the case fastened by a detachable cap screwed on to the threaded rod.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved packing case in the open position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lid seen from the underside; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the packing case in the closed position.

The same parts are lettered to correspond in all three figures of the drawings.

In the form of packing case shown in the drawings the sides A of the case are cut away along their upper edges forming rccesses a. 0. below the upper edges 0' a of the sides and the separable lid 0 is provided with. corresponding projecting parts c and recesses 0'. The upper edges of the ends B of the packing case are also recessed as shown at b b to receive the corresponding projections c on the ends of the lid. The lid and body of the case thus interlock when closed together. But my invention is not confined to a packing case in which the body and lid are made to interlock.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Serial No. 356,710.

The strengthening bands D are secured to the bottom and sides and ends ofthe case and each is provided with an extension or fastening strip D hinged at d to the band D at its upper end which is located sufficiently above the upper edges a of the sides of the case to accommodate the thickness of the material of the lid C. The lid is preferably cut away to form recesses to accommodate the hinges (Z.

Each fastening strip carries a disk or terminal plate D provided with a central aperture D These terminal plates are adapted to overlap each other and encircle the stem of a threaded rod E secured to the lid. The plates may be stepped inward as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 so as to fit into a recess 0 in the lid through which recess projects the threaded rod E which in'the illustration shown projects through an aperture in the lid into the recess 0 being formed upon or secured to a metal plate E fastened to the underside of the lid.

The parts are fastened together in the closed position shown in Fig. 3 by a screw cap F.

To open the case in order to get at the contents it is only necessary to unscrew the cap, lift up the hinged fastening strips and remove the lid. The case can then be emptied, re-packed and used again any number of times as required.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A packing-case comprising a body and a lid, a metallic strengthening band secured to the said body, fastening strips hinged to the upper ends of said band, apertured plates on the ends of said strips all the apertures in said plates being arranged to register on the lid of the case, a threaded rod on the lid, and a cap screwed on to the threaded rod.

2. A packing-case comprising a body and a lid. metallic strengthening bands secured to the bottom and sides and bottom and ends of said. body, fastening strips hinged to the upper ends of said bands, apertured plates on the ends of said strips all the apertures in said plates being arranged to register on the lid of the case, a threaded rod on the lid, and a cap screwed on to the threaded rod.

3. A packing-case comprising a body and a lid, metallic strengthening bands secured .nr caries.

t0 the bottom and sides and bottom and ends of said body, fastening strips hinged to the upper ends of said bands, apertured plates on the ends of said strips and stepped; inward to fit into a recess in the lid, all the apertures in said plates being arranged to register on the lid of the case, a threaded rod mounted in the recessin the lid, and a cap screwed on to the threaded rod.

4. A packing-case comprising abody and a" lid, 1netallic' strengthening bands secured to the bottom andsides andbottom and ends of said b0dy,fastening strips hinged to the upper ends'of said bands, apertured plates on the ends of said strips and stepped inward to fit into a recess in the lid, all the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses this 6th day of January, 1920.

LIONEL lVORSLEY HUGHES "Witnesses V D. C; OnIvER, A. C. B. VVATTs. 

